knit
My sister Pari is knitting gloves for me.
to make something such as a piece of clothing using wool and sticks called knitting needles
My sister Pari is knitting gloves for me.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
knit
verb (knits, knitting, knitted)
to make clothes from wool using two long sticks (called knitting needles):
My grandmother knitted this hat for me.
>> knitting noun (no plural):
I usually do some knitting while I'm watching television.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
knit
knit /nɪt/ verb (present participle knitting) [intransitive and transitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cnyttan]
1. (past tense and past participle knitted) to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needles ⇨ crochet:
• My grandmother taught me how to knit.
• She’s knitting a sweater.
knit somebody something
• Emily knitted him some socks.
2. (past tense and past participle knitted) to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch:
• Knit one, purl one.
3. (past tense and past participle knit) to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together
knit together
• In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.
closely/tightly etc knit (=with all the members having close relationships)
• a closely knit community
• Harold is part of a tightly knit team.
4. (past tense and past participle knit) a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece again
knit together
• The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together.
5. knit your brows to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your eyebrows together
—knitter noun [countable]
⇨ close-knit, tight-knit
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
knit
knit [knit knits knitted knitting] verb, noun [nɪt] [nɪt]
verb (knit·ted, knit·ted) In senses 3 and 4 knit is usually used for the past tense and past participle.
1. transitive, intransitive to make clothes, etc. from wool or cotton thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine
• ~ (sth) I knitted this cardigan myself.
• Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting.
• ~ sb sth She's knitting the baby a shawl.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to use a basic stitch in knitting
• Knit one row, purl one row.
3. transitive, intransitive ~ (sb/sth) (together) to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together
• a closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close)
• Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs.
4. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (of broken bones) to grow together again to form one piece; to make broken bones grow together again
Syn: mend
• The bone failed to knit correctly.
Word Origin:
Old English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (sense 3); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to sense 1.
Idiom: knit your brow
noun usually plural
a piece of clothing that has been knitted
• winter knits
Word Origin:
Old English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (sense 3); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to sense 1.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
knit / nɪt / verb ( present participle knitting , past tense knitted or knit , past participle knitted or knit ) (MAKE CLOTHES)
knit
B1 [ I or T ] to make clothes, etc. by using two long needles to connect wool or another type of thread into joined rows:
She's forever knitting.
She's busy knitting baby clothes.
[ + two objects ] My granny knitted me some gloves/knitted some gloves for me.
→ See also knitwear
[ T ] specialized to do the most basic type of stitch, when knitting something:
Knit one, purl one.
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
knit
[nɪ̱t]
knits, knitting, knitted
(The past tense can be either knit or knitted for meaning 4.)
1) VERB If you knit something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a machine.
I had endless hours to knit and sew...
[V n] I have already started knitting baby clothes...
[V n n] She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him...
[V n for n] During the war, Joan helped her mother knit scarves for soldiers...
[V-ed] She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work. [Also V n into n]
Derived words:
knitter plural N-COUNT Pattern charts with small print are often difficult for older knitters to use.
COMB in ADJ: ADJ n
Knit is also a combining form. Ferris wore a heavy knit sweater. ...a cotton-knit sweater. ...hand-knit garments.
2) VERB If someone or something knits things or people together, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully.
[V n with together] The best thing about sport is that it knits the whole family close together...
[V n to/into n] Ordinary people have some reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors. [Also V n]
COMB in ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
Knit is also a combining form. ...a closer-knit European Community. ...a tightly knit society.
3) VERB When broken bones knit, the broken pieces grow together again.
[V together] The bone hasn't knitted together properly.
...broken bones that have failed to knit.
4) PHRASE: V inflects If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried. [LITERARY]
They knitted their brows and started to grumble...
Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
1knit /ˈnɪt/ verb knits; knit or knit·ted; knit·ting
1 : to make (a piece of clothing) from yarn or thread by using long needles or a special machine
[+ obj]
• She knit a sweater for me. = She knit/knitted me a sweater.
[no obj]
• He likes to knit.
2 [+ obj]
a : to closely join or combine (things or people)
• Her novels knit (together) science and fantasy.
• a style that knits together material from many different sources
b : to form (something) by bringing people or things together
• a town knit/knitted together by farming
- see also close-knit, tight-knit
3 [no obj] of a bone : to grow together and heal after being broken
• It will take some time for the broken bones to knit (together).
knit your brow/brows : to move your eyebrows together in a way that shows that you are thinking about something or are worried, angry, etc.
• She knit her brow and asked what I was doing.
- knit or knitted adj
• a red knit shirt
• a knitted blouse
• closely knit communities [=communities in which people care about each other very much]
• a knitted cap
- knit·ter noun, pl -ters [count]
• She is a very talented knitter.
